Bay Area Underground

In early 2013, we published Bay Area Underground: Photos of Protests and Social Movements, 2008-2012, a photobook by Joe Sciarrillo and Matt Werner covering Bay Area social movements. Purchase today!Read more about the book on the Huffington Post and the San Francisco Magazine.

From 2008-2012, Joe Sciarrillo and Matt Werner were on the ground photographing the major social movements and cultural events in the San Francisco Bay Area. This photobook is a collection of their best photos of protests and social movements including the Oscar Grant protests, Occupy Oakland, Occupy San Francisco, May Day marches, Free Gaza, and Free Burma protests.

Also included in the book are photos of Bay Area cultural events like the San Francisco Giants winning the World Series, Bay to Breakers, Oakland’s First Friday Art Murmur, and Carnaval. This book chronicles many events not heavily reported on by the mainstream press, and it gives a unique lens through which to view life in the Bay Area during President Barack Obama’s first term.